NEED Flashcards
Change the sentences below into forms using the past of NOT NEED in one of these two constructions. Decide first of all whether you think the person did the action or not.
You paid more than was necessary for the house
You need not have paid so much for the house
In the end, it wasn´t necessary for me to ring him, because he called to see me
In the end, I did not need to ring him, because he called to see me (vino a verme)
It wasn´t necessary for you to have bought so much bread. Now we´ll have to throw some of it away
You needn´t have to have bought so much bread. Now we´ll have to throw some of it away
It rained hard yesterdar. It was a good thing it wasn´t necessary for me to go shopping.
It rained hard yesterday. It was a good thing I didn´ t need to go shopping.
They had already arranged to spend the night at a friend´s house, so it wasn´t necessary for us to put them up.
They have already arranged to spend the night at a friend´s house so we didn´t need to put them up.
The food wasn´t very good, but he made a quite unnecessary fuss about it
The food wasn´t very good, but he needn´t have made such a fuss about it.
